American Monster

The lives of a beautiful young family in Long Beach, New York, rip apart when five-year-old Audrey witnesses her mother, Diane, brutally stabbed to death. To Audrey’s horror, her mother’s murderer is somebody very close to home.

Mark-Eric and Sherri Ponsati have a picture-perfect life, and the arrival of two children completes their family. When Mark-Eric reports that Sherri has had a tragic accident, their world falls apart. However, an investigation reveals a far darker truth.

Ann Metz lives for her family, particularly her two beautiful granddaughters. Her husband Marshall despises Ann's giving her time to anyone but him, and he will go to desperate measures to keep hold of her.

When Jeff Silvernail returns home to find his partner, Lori, dead in a pool of blood, it appears to be a burglary gone horribly wrong. Investigators must uncover whether Jeff is a heartbroken partner or a monster who couldn’t cope with rejection.

Laurie Bursey spent her life searching for happiness. After two marriages and three children, she thinks she finally found it in southern trucker Kurt Bird. But a violent abuser lurks behind Kurt’s bad-boy swagger, and happiness soon becomes fear.

When Christie meets Marcus in high school, they think they’ve found love’s young dream. As the relationship becomes rocky, Christie begins to fear Marcus’s violent tendencies. Little does she know, all her fears will soon become a reality.

Christy Blankenship is stolen from her family on what should be a joyous day, when police find her dead at home, with a gunshot wound to her head. Her husband insists it’s a terrible accident. But only that morning he had vowed ‘til death do us part.